Drive like someone is watching

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Drive like someone is watching
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I was driving this afternoon in Hong Kong and saw flashing headlights in my rearview mirror. A driver who had been speeding was suddenly tailgating me and wanted to pass. I was in the right-hand, overtaking lane because I had just been passing much slower trucks and vehicles in in the middle lane and we were now coming upon a right-hand exit that I needed to take.

The very impatient driver pulled out from behind me to speed by me on the left, triggering my car's rear collision alert system. As he sped past me, he gave me the finger and then pulled to the far left lane to take the other exit. Naturally, he started tailgating the car ahead of him in that exit as well.

It's amazing to me that some people behave like this in public on highways surrounded by cars like mine that are literally covered in cameras that record all the time. Gone are the days when small lapses in judgement or outbursts of anger won't get recorded and published on the internet. Better to drive like someone is watching. Because they are...and they are recording!